The new Assist Plus package was heralded as a replacement for the Blue Box. Utilising a pass through device for Assist Plus owners to utilise to connect to the various manufacturers sites. With help in setting up the Pass Through capability with manufacturer sites from Autologic.
All good so far, sounded promising?
It would appear that Autologic are now reversing out of this arrangement due to problems they've experienced with using pass through.
There are a few companies pushing their devices for pass through, Cardaq, AVDI, Bosch, Autologic, but for each of these manufacturers I know of problems experienced with failed flashes & various glitches, plus the issues with some manufacturers not playing ball & deliberatley placing hurdles in the way of this process for independents.
It may be advisable to leave it a while longer before committing funds to a process which at the moment is still muddied waters.
The decision for specialists is a little easier in respect that they only have one dealer tool to buy, set up, learn & use. Avoiding some of the issues pass through seems to present.
However even buying dealer tooling can land you with a half hearted platform with little support from the vehicle manufacturer when things go wrong.
Regards,
Jon.
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